![At the bottom of the third inning, the Lions are still scoreless. Rowe stands at home plate, preparing to bat, while Vandenbrink stands off to the side as the next batter up. Despite having the bases loaded, the team was unable to score any runs. “It’s just the beginning of the season. We’re just going to be playing out best by June, [and] that’s where champions are,” Rowe said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3077-1200x900.jpg)
![All smiles. The group poses for a photo with last year’s book, “This is Our House,” along with their award for third Best in Show. Meikle, who was an Editor-in-Chief for the yearbook last year as well, holds both and stands at the center of the group. “That was an amazing feeling, going and grabbing the third place award,” Meikle said. “All of it paid off. I cried so much over that book, being able to receive [the award] was one of the highlights of my high school career, it was like the coolest thing ever.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/8bookpose_philly-1200x800.jpg)
At last night’s football game, the Homecoming royalty was announced. Throughout the past week, seniors were able to vote on a senior Homecoming court, which was announced at the assembly on Wednesday.
The senior Homecoming court featured Thabela Fashu-Kanu, Jonathan Garcia, Beatrice Gilroy, Sofia Gomez, Myrtle Guarisco, and Melissa Reyes, all seniors.
During halftime, the royalty announcement was made. Out of the six contestants, Garcia and Gomez got the most votes, thus making them Homecoming royalty. From the start, Garcia and Gomez wanted to be Homecoming royalty together.
“It was just a lot of excitement,” Garcia said. “Hearing both our names was [exciting]. I don’t know what I was feeling but it just felt so good.”
Gomez has been involved at the school through Thespians and being an officer for the National Honor Society (NHS), and Garcia has been involved at the school through the Teen Advisory Board (TAB).
“I feel like it really means that we are representatives of West Linn, and we really do work hard,” Gomez said. “Both of us are really involved students and we just try to make the community a better place [in] many different ways. It just shows that people see that and recognize that and that’s a big deal.”
During the halftime or the football game, Homecoming courts from other grades were also commemorated. The freshman Homecoming court featured Abigail Farris and Carter Manning while the the sophomore court had Brody Olson and Audrey Krake. Lastly, the junior court featured Christopher Buttson and Steven Walker.
Additionally, the football team defeated the Tualatin Timberwolves 37-0. This is the second year in a row where the football team won the annual Homecoming game.
Tomorrow, the Homecoming dance will be held at the school from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Gomez and Garcia will be leading the dance.
